Celebrating Cinco De Mayo

May 5, 2018 8:00 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

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Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Before you get ready to enjoy some fiestas for Cinco De Mayo
here’s a little background….The fifth of may celebrates the day the Mexican Army beat France at the battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.

The holiday is only lightly celebrated in Mexico.
The United States however, has embraced Cinco De Mayo as a commemoration of fMexican heritage and culture.